Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Q1 net profit up 16.6 pct to 613.3 bln won

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance-Q1 earnings

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Q1 net profit up 16.6 pct to 613.3 bln won

SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. on Friday reported its first-quarter net income of 613.3 billion won (US$462.4 million), up 16.6 percent from a year earlier.

Operating income for the January-March period was 833.3 billion won, up 21 percent from a year ago, the company said in a regulatory filing. Sales rose 15.3 percent to 5.33 trillion won.

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